Fish & Game鈥檚 Zakary Pelaccio Delivers
Keynote at CIA Commencement
Hyde Park, NY 鈥 Zakary Pelaccio, winner of the 2016 James Beard Foundation
Award as Best Chef: Northeast, delivered the commencement address at the New York campus of The Culinary Institute of
America on October 21. Pelaccio is co-executive chef
and owner of two successful restaurants in Hudson, NY: Fish & Game and Bakar at BackBar.
The Hudson Valley native, who grew up in Scarsdale, is noted
for influencing culinary trends like nose-to-tail cooking, gastropubs,
and Brooklyn cuisine. With the opening of Fish & Game in 2013, he helped
build the dining scene in the city of Hudson. The following year, Fish &
Game was a Beard Award semifinalist for Best New Restaurant in America and it has
twice been named to Wine Enthusiast鈥s
list of America鈥檚 100 Best Wine Restaurants. Bakar at BackBar opened in summer 2016, influenced by the
flavors of Southeast Asia. His second cookbook, Project No. 258鈥Making Dinner at Fish & Game, is scheduled
for publication next year.
Chef Pelaccio spoke to 52 recipients of CIA associate degrees in culinary arts and baking & pastry arts. The
entire graduation ceremony can be .
Photo Caption and Hi-Res Image:
Zakary Pelaccio of Fish & Game
and Bakar at BackBar in
Hudson, NY, delivers the commencement address at the New York campus of The
Culinary Institute of America on October 21, 2016. Chef Pelaccio won the James Beard Award for Best Chef: Northeast in 2016. (Photo credit: CIA/Phil Mansfield)
Media Contact:
Jeff Levine
Communications Manager
845-451-1372
j_levine@culinary.edu
Founded in 1946, The Culinary Institute of America is the world鈥檚 premier
culinary college. Dedicated to developing leaders in foodservice and
hospitality, the independent, not-for-profit CIA offers bachelor鈥檚 degree
majors in management, culinary science, and applied food studies; associate
degrees in culinary arts and baking and pastry arts; and executive education
through its Food Business School. The college also offers certificate programs
and courses for professionals and enthusiasts. Its conferences and consulting
services have made the CIA the think tank of the food industry and its
worldwide network of 49,000 alumni includes innovators in every area of the
food business. The CIA has campuses in New York, California, Texas, and
Singapore.
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